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Start Your Engines... Appraiser Versus Real Estate Agent... Who's the better pricer?
Thanks, AR, for the  Gold Star yesterday on my blog entitled "Should You Price to Ward Off Appraisal Problems?" I didn't intend for the blog to generate a war between agents and appraisers, but sometimes these things take on a life of their own. Okay, well, "war" is a bit strong, but we did have a lively discussion.
So, let's continue it. What the heck.
However, being a Friday at the end of a long week, I'm feeling a little lazy, so I'm going to resurrect a conversation from last July on this very topic. To recap - I did an interview with Real Estate Radio USA where I casually stated my opinion that appraisers should not be in the business of pricing homes for market. I didn't think that was such an inflammatory statement, but... it was. At least to the appraisers of the world. I really wasn't trying to insult anyone; in my opinion, what appraisers do and what we do are two completely different things, at different points in a real estate transaction, for a different audience.
But my good friend Mike Lefebvre (who really IS a good friend; I'm not saying that sarcastically) took offense to my comments and wrote ... more

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